A family Christmas gathering is disturbed by the patriarch's murder in director Francois Ozon's comedic crime mystery. Among the suspects are high-society matron Gaby (Catherine Deneuve), her mother-in-law, Mamy (Danielle Darrieux) and her sister, Augustine (Isabelle Huppert). They're among the eight women trapped in the snow-bound house. This musical whodunit explores each woman's motive for the crime while they try to uncover the killer.